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Mandurah Action Sports Games

by Freestyle Now on 21. Apr, 2015 in Bmx, Competitions, Photos, Scooter, Skateboard

The 2015 Mandurah Action Sports Games was one of Australia’s largest Action sports events. The event host a round of the International Waterski & Wakeboard Federation world cup along with skateboard, scooter and bmx competitions and so much more over the two days. This is Australia’s richest skatepark competition with $20000 to share amongst the skateboard, scooter and bmx competitors. The competition was so tight in all the disciplines with crazy action taking place everywhere you looked. But the craziest action was the weather. Cyclone Olwyn was a severe category three cyclone at its peak when it hit Exmouth and Carnarvon on Friday. Olwyn moved on down the coast toward Perth throughout Friday creating havoc in its path. Come Friday night for scooter qualifying the conditions were looking good until everything was set to go and it just started to send some water to the ground. It stopped and the park was almost dry but it was false hope, it started to rain again. Qualifying was postponed.

Brock Horneman was doing the biggest back flips of the weekend, this no hander to barspin flip was just some of the insane tricks that he threw down. 1^st place in bmx park.

Clockwise from top left – Dylan Schmidt was going large like this double whip over the hip – Queenslander 3^rd Nathan Philps was so stoked to throw this flip over the hip from the little kicker, last run of the finals he front flipped the same – Jack Fahey was on fire over the weekend but just not enough to place higher than 4^th, this superman back flip is so rad – Laurence Bakewell could not repeat his 2^nd place from last year and took home the 5^th place with tricks like this double tailwhip 360.

Saturday morning arrived to constant rain and grey dark skies. With bmx and skate qualifiers to get through as well as the halfpipe battle jam Saturday was going to be a hard day. By 11am things started to get much better, the sky was patchy with blue the park had dried up and it was on. First up was bmx qualifying and it was on. Heavy hitters all over the place, flips, flairs, whips, spins and large airs. Dylan Schmidt and David Pinelli were looking good, third time attendee Nathan Philps was rolling it and new comers Daniel Chiarelli and Lee Kirkman were riding well. Brock Horneman wanted the win and you could see it with his dialed riding, though Laurence Bakewell and Jack Fahey were both looking at top placing as well. Large tricks got thrown over the Freestyle Now box jump by all competitors. The top 10 were sorted ready for the finals on Sunday.
Skateboard qualifying was up next. The competitors were sorted into groups of 3 and set off to attack the park. After the scores were in Barry Mansfield and Cory Tyres were both in top position with 107 points followed by Connor Harrington on 106 points. Harry Clark was rolling well but a little in consistence but that might have had to with his damaged wrists, Zac Clinkers was on fire and made it to the finals, he was stoked.
With the qualifying done it was time to move onto the halfpipe battle jam. The concept of the battle jam is simple, ride the ramp, get rad, stay rad, stay in the jam. With 4 rounds to get through and already running behind schedule and dark clouds above it was touch and go with the halfpipe jam. It rained and the halfpipe got drenched, the sun came out and with the help of others it got dried out and the jam was back on. Stand outs in bmx were Daniel Chiarelli who was going so dam high it was scary, Dylan Schmidt hitting large superwhips and Nathan Philps with opposite airs and variations. In Skateboard the coping got a good work out with the skaters grinding that steel in many ways. Brendan Cross was sending it and pushing the air tricks so was Connor Harrington, Cory Tyers was flowing the ramp and using all of his facial expressions to assist with that.
Heading into round 3 the weather was looking slim. But the jam went on with the ever looming chance of precipitation. At the end of round 2 in bmx it was unfortunate to have the first serious injury at Action Sports Games in the 5 years, Jacob DeAbreu came in wrong on a flair whip and ended up with a broken tibular. It’s a reminder to all that these kind of sports do pose a risk of injury. We wish Jacob a speedy recovery. Bmx top 6 was so hard to call, any one of them could make it to the final round. After the third round it was Laurence Bakewell in 6^th, Jack Fahey in 5^th and Nathan Philps in 4^th. In skateboard with six skaters the judges could see who would make top 3 and at the end of round 3 it was Josh Birtwistle with 6^th, Harry Clark in 5^th and Cory Tyers for 4^th
Unfortunately the weather decided that there had been enough radness thrown down and that it was going to win, some rain took place but it was too late in the day and there was no sun to help dry out the ramp, a decision had to be made, top 3 would be based on their round 3 runs, not the best but the competitors were happy with that and the judges saw that not much would change in the order if another round was run so the final placing were bmx 1^st Brock Horneman, 2^nd Daniel Chiarelli and 3^rd Dylan Schmidt and in skate 1^st Connor Harrington, 2^nd Brendon Cross $1000, 3^rd Paul Bruno. The competitors were so stoked that the day was done, it was rest time and ready for finals on Sunday.

Brock Horneman took out the 1^st place in the bmx halfpipe battle jam. He took home $3000 with his double wins, here he is mid flair in the halfpipe battle jam.

Clockwise from top left – Daniel Chiarelli came over from the east coast and went higher than anyone on the halfpipe and took out 2^nd place, big onefooter invert – Dylan Schmidt super whipped his way into 3^rd place in the halfpipe battle jam – Nathan Philps took out the 4^th place with tricks like this flair. The only way to split Nathan and Dylan was that Dylan was landing a little higher on the ramp with each air than Nathan, the competition was that tight – Jack Fahey enjoys bmx and is always having fun, this rad Cherokee air is evidence of that fun.

Clockwise from top left – Connor Harrington took out the first place in the skateboard halfpipe battle jam and took home $1500 for doing so – Brendon Cross front grabbin on his way to 2^nd and $1000 – Paul Bruno did some crazy handplants on his way to 3^rd place – Cory Tyers loved the halfpipe and took out the 4^th place

Sunday morning rolled around at first up was scooter qualifying, the semi finals were being skipped so it was top 6 straight to finals. It was going to be a tight for top 3 in scooter with either Jared Colwell, Jiordan Giacoppo or Ben Thomas able to take out the 1^st place. In the finals it was Jae Yates for 6^th, Luke Sheehan who sent some big tricks took 5^th, 4^th went to Brandon Black, with some bigger trick could have taken 3^rd as there was a 37 point gap to Jiordan Giacoppo who took out the 3^rd place with a total of 213 points. Second was Jarod Colwell with 217 points who was only 4 points behind 1^st place Ben Thomas with 221 points.

Ben Thomas whips his way to 1^st place in scooter.

Clockwise from top left – Jared Colwell smashed out a double inward over the box and took home 2^nd place – Jiordan Giacoppo got the 3^rd place, large flair – Brandon Black with a stretched super grab – Luke Sheehan no hander and a 5^th place.

Skateboard had quarter semis, then semis and then the finals. The quarter semis had the top 9 place getters. The 3 groups of 3 skaters were mixed up and sent off to roll out the rad. It was good to see young Josh Birtwistle in there taking out 9^th place not far behind 8^th place of Joe Bothams. Local Mandurah skater Jesse Nelson scored the 7^th place. Into the semi finals any of the top 6 could win. Consistency was going to be the prime in a field like this. Cory Tyers took out the 6^th place with some good lines but just not landing everything. Harry Clark who was skating with two injured wrists took some good lines around the park but just could not keep his feet on the deck enough, 5^th place. Connor Harrington rounded up the semi finalists with the 4^th place, one of the only skaters to jump the box but again just a little to in consistent, it was close but. Moving into the finals Zac Clinkers was surprised to be in top 3. The finalist had 3 minutes to throw it down. It was easy to see that Zac was skating well but just a little under Aaron Winter and Barry Mansfield, Aaron was hitting some good lines and did the transfer into the portable quarter from the flatbank, the crowd erupted in large noise. Aaron took out the 2^nd place with the man himself Barry Mansfield taking out the win once again. Barry was so consistent with his skating, throwing in hard trick, hard lines and flowing smoothly around the park.

Barry Mansfield front grabbin over the hip on his way to 1^st place once again in the park competition.

Clockwise from top left – Aaron Winter was on a mission, this transfer from the bank into the quarter was one of the raddest things that went down at the action sports games, 2^nd place – Zac Clinckers was stoked to get the 3^rd place, feeble grind down the rail – Connor Harrington boostin the hip and taking 4^th place – Harry Clark board sliding the rail on his way to getting 5^th place

Bmx semi finals was on, it was hit the tricks to get to the finals, first place was $1500 and the glory of the win. With Sam Thomas not showing up, he must have had a hard night of party, and Jacob DeAbreu out from injury from the halfpipe battle jam there was only 8 in the final. Daniel Chiarelli took out the 8^th place, just was not hitting on point like he was in qualifying. Lee Kirkman who has been competing as a professional for the past 20 years took out the 7^th place, some nice original moves in there defiantly helped. 6^th place went to David Pinelli who was riding so rad, 360 variations galore, but just did not use enough of the park to place higher. The top five were now ready for the finals. Laurence Bakewell although placing 3^rd in qualifying just seemed to be lacking the power in the finals and took home the 5^th place with 199 points. 4^th place went to Jack Fahey, last year’s winner, who was riding with a broken toe, his front flip in on the landing ramp of the box was insane and he was stretching his superman seat grabs so far, it was crazy. 225 points. The competition was so tight anyone could have won. 3^rd place and stoked to get that was Nathan Philps. Nathan used some of the smaller ramps to his advantage and moved them around the park to open up different lines, flair into the hip from the small kicker as well as front flip as well as a super clean 720 over the box were defiantly his raddest moments, 236 points. Freestyle Now rider Dylan Schmidt took home $1000 and the second place with 241 points. Qualifying in 6^th place on Saturday Dylan stayed focused on the task and hit the radness in the finals. So much power. It was easy to see who would take out 1^st place, many tried to stop him but it was obvious Brock Horneman was unstoppable. Back flip barspins to tuck no handers, flair whips at height, speed and flow, he had it all going on, extremely consistent and so much rad. 1^st place with 271 points. Brock ended up taking home $3000 from his two wins, bmx park and halfpipe
The Mandurah Action Sports Games had it all, Cyclone, rain, wind, sun, radness, fun and tight competition. A big thanks to all of the event supporters City of Mandurah, Department of Regional Development, Royalties for Regions and Tourism Western Australia. The 2015 Action Sports Games will be the last one held in Mandurah, for 2016 it is intended to host the Action Sports Games in Bunbury but this still has to be confirmed.

Official results – 2015 Mandurah Action Sports Games 13^th – 15^th March 2015

Scooter
1^st Ben Thomas $1000, 2^nd Jared Colwell $700, 3^rd Jiordan Giacoppo $500, 4^th Brandon Black $300 176 points, 5^th Luke Sheehan $200 164 points 6^th Jae Yates $150 144 points, 7^th Levi Mills $50, 8^th Morgan Avery $50, 9^th Peter Ververis $50, 10^th Kieran Ramsay $50, 11^th Talyn Galic.

Skateboard park
1^st Barry Mansfield $1500, 2^nd Aaron Winter $1000, 3^rd Zac Clinckers $700, 4^th Connor Harrington $500, 5^th Harry Clark $200, 6^th Cory Tyers $150, 7^th Jesse Nelson $50, 8^th Joe Bothams $50, 9^th Josh Birtwistle $50, 10^th Joel Pond, 11^th Jamie Pratten, 12^th Mason Brown, 13^th Shaun Paul, 13^th Paul Bruno, 15^th Samuel Gunthorpe, 16^th Craig Firmin, 17^th Reif Wilson, 17^th Daniel Stefanovich, 18^th Tyla D’Arcy, 19^th Leuis Franich, 20^th Ethan Donatti, 21^st Sandra Mitchell, 22^nd Matthew Russell.

Skateboard halfpipe
1^st Connor Harrington $1500, 2^nd Brendon Cross $1000, 3^rd Paul Bruno $700, 4^th Cory Tyers $500, 5^th Harry Clark $200, 6^th Josh Birtwistle $150, 7^th Jeremy Hall $50, 8^th Christian Martinez $50, 9^th Dylan Sharpham $50, 10^th Sean Harding $50, 11^th Shaun Paul, 12^th Daniel Stefanovich, 13^th Joel Pond, 14^th Samuel Gunthorpe, 15^th Ethan Donatti

Bmx park
1^st Brock Horneman $1,500, 2^nd Dylan Schmidt $1,000, 3^rd Nathan Philps $700, 4^th Jack Fahey $500, 5^th Laurence Bakewell $200, 6^th David Pinelli $150, 7^th Lee Kirkman $50, 8^th Daniel Chiarelli $50, 9^th Jacob DeAbreu $50, 10^th Sam Thomas $50, 11^th Regan Lothian, 12^th Jeremy Adams.

Bmx halfpipe
1^st Brock Horneman $1500, 2^nd Daniel Chiarelli $1000, 3^rd Dylan Schmidt $700, 4^th Nathan Philps $500, 5^th Jack Fahey $200, 6^th Laurence Bakewell $150, 7^th David Pinelli $50, 8^th Jacob DeAbreu $50, 9^th Lee Kirkman $50, 10^th Brad South $50, 11^th Jeremy Adams, 12^thRegan Lothian.

The 2015 Action Sports Games was be the last one held in Mandurah, for 2016 it is intended to host the Action Sports Games in Bunbury.

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Bayswater skatepark competition – Round 3 Freestyle Now Western Australian Skatepark Series

by Freestyle Now on 18. Mar, 2015 in Bmx, Competitions, Scooter, Skateboard, Skateparks

Round 3 of the Freestyle Now Western Australian Skatepark Series took place at the Bayswater skatepark as part of the Baysie Youth Fest. It was a big day to be had as there were a large number of competitors and a battle of the bands competition happening throughout the day, along with all the other great youth based activities that happen at youth festivals. The City of Bayswater really turned it up for the competition with having a $1500 prize purse for the Advanced classes to share in, $500 each discipline as well as there being over $1400 worth of prizes to be given away. From all reports the competition was nothing sort of rad with lots of people attending to watch, compete or just to enjoy the battle of the bands. A very big thank you to the City of Bayswater for getting the competition rolling and our supporters Local BMX, Sacrifice scooters and 4 skateboard Co. Round 4 of the Freestyle Now Western Australian Skatepark Series takes place in Bridgetown on Saturday 21^st March (this Saturday) hope to see many there.

Clockwise from top left – David Pinelli rode consistent and hard, 1^st place in BMX advanced – Joe Bothams stayed on his board with some good runs and lines, this rail hop was just one of them, 1^st palce in skateboard advanced – Ben Thomas took 1^st place in scooter advanced with tricks like this flip double whip – It was awesome to see Jamie Anthony enter his very first skateboard competition, he was nervous at first but got into the flow as he started skating.
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Bayswater skatepark competition – 7th March 2015 – Round 3 Freestyle Now Western Australian Skatepark Series – Official results

Scooter beginners – 1^st Daniel Morgan, 2^nd Tom Stanbury, 3^rd Fin Dennis, 4^th Sebastian Stevens, 5^th Theo McCrackan, 6^thJahvarn Hawkins, 7^th Blair Gethan-Davies, 8^th Kobi Smith, 9^th Troy Smith, 10^th Jahzia Ririnni.

Scooter advanced – 1^st Ben Thomas $250, 2^nd Jiordan Giacoppo $150, 3^rd Morgan Avery $100, 4^th Wade France, 5^th Kieran Ramsay, 6^th Anthony Knight, 7^th Dylan Erwin, 8^th Jae Yates, 9^th Dylan Van Pudua, 10^th Talyn Galic.

Skateboard beginners – 1^st Jamie Anthony, 2^nd Oscar Simpson

Skateboard advanced – 1^st Joe Bothams $250, 2^nd Daine Brown $150, 3^rd Bailey Lange $100, 4^th Leuis Franich, 5^th Nick Hillas, 6^th Daniel Richards

Bmx beginners – 1^st Hayden Outman, 2^nd Kobi Barnes, 3^rd Michael Breese, 4^th Mason Egan, 5^th Cooper Morrow, 6^th Jack Carwardine, 7^th Taj Hamilton, 8^th Tylan Egan, 9^th Campbell Wilson.

Bmx advanced – 1^st David Pinelli $250, 2^nd Casey Hunter $150, 3^rd Laurence Bakewell $100, 4^th Jacob DeAbreu, 5^th Luiz Paulo, 6^th Ben Thomas, 7^th Reagan Lothian, 8^th Dylan Schmidt.

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Kwinana skatepark competition – Round 2 Freestyle Now Western Australian Skatepark Series

by Freestyle Now on 20. Feb, 2015 in Bmx, Competitions, Scooter, Skateboard, Skateparks

Round 2 of the Freestyle Now Western Australian Skatepark Series took place at a packed out Kwinana skatepark. It was a large night. With a record number of competitors in all disciplines, scooter, skate and bmx its rad to see so many people enjoying some good skatepark activity. The Kwinana skatepark has been there for a few years now with the old metal halfpipes being at least 17 years old, it is a highly underrated skatepark. The layout is good with many different lines and obstacles to be used. The skatepark was put to good use on the Friday night competition.
Jiordan Giacoppo was on fire in the scooter advanced class with speed and large tricks, his inward up the stair gap to bars out was one of the high lights, Brandon Black tried hard but a 2^nd was all he could take but not from the lack of trying, good halfpipe runs for sure. Wade France took out the 3^rd place with some good lines through the park. Skate advance was awesome, Brendon Cross took out the first place and took home a new skate deck as well as nailing an ally-oop 270 grab over the transition hips, was crazy. Young Zac Clinkers showed up, skated well, kept his board under his feet well over his 2 minutes of skatepark run and took home the 2^nd place for doing so. Mason Brown took home the 3^rd place and was stoked to skate the Kwinana skatepark for his first time. BMX advanced was all about madkins. Matt Adkins hit the big tricks and took the win, back flip fakies, cannonballs and flairs were just some of his radness. Mitchell Pianto took out the 2^nd place with a solid run of park lines and radness all mixed together. Young Regan Lothian took out the 3^rd place, stoked to see him do the stair gap into the bank.
All up the Kwinana competition was nothing short of rad. Good vibe all round with some great competition going on. Lots of competitors went home with a prize product thanks to our supporters Local BMX, Sacrifice scooters and 4 skateboard Co . A big thank you to Arbie and Russell from the Kwinana youth zone for all the good work and to the City of Kwinana.

Matt Adkins is not call Madkins for nothing, awesome flip to fakie at the end of his last run.

Clockwise from top left – Brendon Cross skates wide open – Dylan Van Pudua wants to fly – Jack Carwardine is progressing at bmx really well. Lookback over the hip to a 1^st in beginners – Brandon Black hits the rail and proceeds to take 2^nd place.

Kwinana skatepark competition – 13th February 2015 – Round 2 Freestyle Now Western Australian Skatepark Series – Official results

Girls – 1st Mikayla Michel, 2nd Stefany Bilick, 3rd Skyla Ryan

Scooter beginners – 1st Brody Groth, 2nd Kie Underdown, 3rd Ben Gulbis, 4th Luka Barjaktar, 5th Connor Atkinson, 6th Taylor Webb, 7th Chris Kelly, 8th Ryan Larkan, 9th Zac Montgomery, 10th Seth James, 11th Zac Bilick, 12th Connor Carey, 13th Jay Lawler, 14th Jon Kelly, 14th Cooper Bennett, 16th Dolan Kelly, 16th William Larkan, 18th Jack Willis, 19th Marko Barjaktar, 19th Michael Ryan, 21st Anthony Ricetti, 21st Bodhi Fitzpatrick, 23rd Brandon Ryan, 24th Ruben Blakey

Scooter advanced – 1st Jiordan Giacoppo, 2nd Brandon Black, 3rd Wade France, 4th Dylan Van Pudua, 5th David Lowery, 6th Caleb Pratt, 7th Levi Mills, 8th Ethan Mackenzie, 9th Talyn Galic, 10th Jacob Hodson

Skateboard beginners – 1st Brody Innes, 2nd Liam James, 3rd Ryan Rigg, 4th Cody Nahirny

Skateboard advanced – 1st Brendon Cross, 2nd Zac Clinkers, 3rd Mason Brown, 4th Josh Birtwistle, 5th David Robinson

Bmx beginners – 1st Jack Carwardine, 2nd Connor D’evelynes, 3rd Jesse Whitehead, 4th Jaden Coleman, 5th Jesse Nelson, 6th Carlo Scenini, 7th Cooper Morrow, 8th Bailey Jokic, 9th Brett Hart, 10th Cooper Bennett, 11th Ryan Larkan, 12th Dylan Hautapu

Bmx advanced – 1st Matt Adkins, 2nd Mitchell Pianto, 3rd Regan Lothian, 4th Kyle Cusack

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2015 Mandurah Action Sports Games

by Freestyle Now on 10. Feb, 2015 in Bmx, Competitions, Jams, Photos, Random, Scooter, Skateboard, Skateparks, Video

The 2015 Mandurah Action Sports Games will see Australia’s biggest skatepark competition take place at the Mandurah skatepark. Australia’s biggest Action Sports event is only a matter of weeks away. From the 13^th – 15^th March Mandurah in Western Australia will see some of the nation’s top pro competitors in skateboard, scooter and bmx all throw down some radness to try to win their share of the $20000 prize purse Australia’s largest skatepark competition and prize purse.

In 2014 Jack Fahey did a back flip superman on his way to 1^st place at the Mandurah Action Sports Games BMX park competition.

There will be two sides to the competition, the skatepark competition for bmx, skate and scooter and then the halfpipe battle jam for only BMX and skateboarders. This event will showcase some of the finest Scooter, Skateboarding and BMX talent in Australia.
On Friday 13th March the skatepark will come alive when the scooter qualifying rounds start with the top ten riders all earning a place in the Sunday finals and chasing the $3050 prize purse.
Saturday morning 14th March the skateboard and bmx qualifying starts. In the bmx competition the top ten riders will all receive a placing into the finals on Sunday and chase their share of the $4250 prize. The skateboard qualifying will be in a jam format in which the top 9 will again be ready for the skatepark finals on Sunday 15th March and share in the $4200 prize money.
The highlight for Saturday afternoon will be for spectators to witness the total chaos of pro skateboarders and BMXers shredding the mini vert ramp for the halfpipe battle jam. Each of these disciplines has a $4250 purse to share in. The battle jam is where competitors take turn on the halfpipe and throw down what they have got. With four rounds to get through it is going to be a tough to make it through to the end of the jam. The judges decide who is on the top of their game and at the end of each round and competitors are dropped with only the raddest remaining to battle on again until a winner is decided. This is mind blowing nonstop action as the competitors, the announcers and the spectators all play a role in the battle jam. This is something you don’t want to miss, are you going to be there?
On Sunday 15^th March is finals day. With scooter, bmx and skateboard all rolling it out for the big bucks this day will be the ultimate day to see some of Australia’s top professionals lay it all on the line. This is Australia’s richest skatepark competition a weekend you don’t want to miss.

Download here the competition schedule, categories, competition format, judging criteria, prizes money information.

The Mandurah Action Sports Games also includes the Waterski & Wakeboard Federation [IWWF] World Cup with more than 150 of the world’s waterskiing and wakeboarding stars from 24 countries working their way through the competition to share in the $300,000 prize pool up for grabs. As well it also coincides with the annual Channel Seven Crab Fest, adding more vibrancy and excitement to the City of Mandurah. Tourism Western Australia and the Department of Regional Development and Lands are proud to support the Mandurah Action Sports Games through the Royalties for Regions – Regional Events Program, which is administrated by Eventscorp.

Check out last year’s competition webposts here, Scooter, Skateboard park, Skateboard halfpipe, Bmx park, Bmx halfpipe and videos below.

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Rockingham skatepark competition – Round 1 Freestyle Now Western Australian Skatepark Series

by Freestyle Now on 09. Feb, 2015 in Bmx, Competitions, Scooter, Skateboard, Skateparks

With the start of the new year so to brings the start of the new Freestyle Now Western Australian Skatepark Series Round 1 kicked off at the Rockingham skatepark to a great number of competitors and spectators, it was a awesome turnout. What is really good is seeing so many people and parents at the competition and supporting.
At all Freestyle Now competitions where possible we run a girls only class this is to help get more girls involved into the sports and the scene and at Rockingham it was good to see Ebony Rodriguez skating again as well as young Bethany Baohm out there on the bmx. A 1^st and 2^nd respectively for the two girls
The scooter beginners had an good number and with so much talent it won’t be long until we see some of them moving up to the advanced class. Good work to Conner Atkinson for taking the first place, a young guy but with a lot of power in his riding. Young Talyn Galic has been progressing well in the beginners class and his second place was well deserving. His cannonball over the spine got may fist bumps and hi fives from his peers. Kadin Clarke rode well and hit up some good tricks to take the 3^rd place. The scooter advanced had young ripper Levi Mills take the top place but it was a close competition with only 4 points between 1^st and 2^nd place by Ethan Mackenzie. Both of these young riders and gaining more and more skills at every competition. Caleb Pratt rode well but was a little inconsistent and took the 3^rd place.
Skateboard was represented well at round 1 with Ton DeSancha taking out the win in the beginners with is being his first ever competition, he was pumped but it was a tight top two with Tody Dodds only 2 points behind in the second place. It was good to see Taj Gosling getting in there and taking the 3^rd place. Skateboard advanced was all about Alex Yates. He was on fire and threw down the radness. 2^nd place went to Mason Brown who ended up taking out the 2^nd place in the 2014 series. Mason was rolling through the runs well, it was good to see him skate. 3^rd place went to Chonchoe Lasvendous. He was a little less consistent in his runs at Rockingham which kept his scores down some. Chonchoe did how ever take out the number 1 spot in the 2014 F.N.W.A.S.S.
The bmx class had some rippers rolling about throwing down. These guys were pumped. Jarred Schilling took out the win in the beginners and proceeded to get stoked. 2^nd place was taken out by Adam Pearson and Reece Barwick was rad enough to get the 3^rd place. Bmx Advanced it was all Dylan Schmidt. Large and big are two words to describe Dylan’s runs. Growing up riding the Rockingham park was defiantly an advantage. Dylan also took out the year end title in the F.N.W.A.S.S. Kyle Fielder entered the beginners class but as soon as he started his first run we knew he was in the wrong class, and was moved up to the advanced where his speed, flow and style earned him the second place. 3^rd place went to Jesse Brown who seemed to be a little off on the consistency which did cost him some points but he still shredded as always.
A big thank you to the City of Rockingham for their continual support of skatepark competitions and skatepark coaching workshops sessions. It is defiantly helping to build a great scene and encourage riders to progress. Thank you to our supporters Local BMX, 4 skateboard co. and Sacrifice Scooters.
Round 2 of the Freestyle Now Western Australian Skatepark Series takes place at the Kwinana skatepark on Friday 13^th February so make sure you get along and get involved.

Clockwise from top left – Talyn Galic had been progressing well over the past year, kickless over the box – Mason Brown likes to skate and do K grinds on hubbas and get second place at Rockingham – Caleb Pratt hit up the spine with a kickless – Dylan Schmidt grew up riding the Rockingham skatepark, it shows first place.

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Rockingham skatepark competition – 24^th January 2015 – Round 1 Freestyle Now Western Australian Skatepark Series – Official results

Girls – 1^st Ebony Rodriguez (skate), 2^nd Bethany Baohm (bmx)

Scooter beginners – 1st Connor Atkinson, 2nd Talyn Galic, 3rd Kadin Clarke, 4th Kai Underdown, 5th Hayden Elam, 6th Brendan Latta, 7th Bailey Horlock, 8th Wayde Schultz, 9th Daniel Gionta, 10th Trent Birrell, 11th Tarkyn McBurney, 12th Ethan MacPherson, 13th Deon Welhan, 13th Daniel Marsella, 13th Ben Gulbis, 16th Taj Gosling, 17th Chris Kelly, 18th Jonathon Kelly, 18th Jaidyn McBurney, 18th Jack Hudson, 21st Cooper Bennett, 22nd Bailey Padgett, 23^rd Caleb Shannon

Scooter advanced – 1^st Levi Mills, 2^nd Ethan MacKenzie, 3^rd Caleb Pratt, 4^th Dylan Erwin, 5^th Jacob Hodson, 6^th Harrison Kahuroa

Skateboard beginners – 1^st Tom DeSancha, 2^nd Toby Dodds, 3^rd Taj Gosling, 4^th Dale Singleton, 5^th Charlie Carrington-Jones, 6^th Kye Vergeer

Skateboard advanced – 1^st Alex Yates, 2^nd Mason Brown, 3^rd Chonchoe Lasvendous, 4^th Ruperto Dag, 5^th Andy Morton, 6^th Darcy Kavanagh, 7^th Jeremy Johns, 8^th Tim Smith, 9^th Braydon Kramer

Bmx beginners – 1^st Jarred Schilling, 2^nd Adam Pearson, 3^rd Reece Barwick, 4^th Matt Crossley, 5^th Bailey Horlock, 6^th Cooper Morrow, 7^th Devon Baohm, 8^th Bailey Jokic, 9^th North Anscombe

Bmx advanced – 1^st Dylan Schmidt, 2^nd Kyle Fielder, 3^rd Jesse Brown, 4^th Jacob Gill, 5^th Regan Lothian, 6^th Shannon Carey-Smith

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2014 Freestyle Now Western Australian Skatepark Series – Final results

by Freestyle Now on 07. Jan, 2015 in Bmx, Competitions, Random, Scooter, Skateboard, Skateparks

The 2014 Freestyle Now Western Australian Skatepark Series (F.N.W.A.S.S.) has come to an end. There were 20 rounds in total covering most of Western Australia from Karratha in the north to Kalgoorlie in the east and several south west locations as well as the Perth metropolitan area. The point series is open to all participants that compete in the advanced class in bmx, skateboard and scooter disciplines at all of the designated skatepark competitions that Freestyle Now hosts. There were lots of competitors who entered the competitions during 2014 with each competitor receiving points for their placing. Points are awarded in the following way for each placing,
1st = 30 , 2nd = 25 , 3rd = 20 , 4th = 10 , 5th = 5 , 6th = 3 , 7th onwards = 1

A congratulations needs to go out to the competitors who competed and followed the series enough to keep their points up. This series dose not really dictate who it the best rider in the state but gives the competitors a series to follow to work on a yearend title. This is the fourth year the series has been running and it is now gaining momentum. The 2015 series is set to kick off with round 1 at Rockingham skatepark 24th of January and round 2 at Kwinana skatepark on the 13th February. Both of these competition are also intake competitions for the Rocky’s final fest invite only competition that is set to take place on the 11th April. We will be in touch with the winners of the series to award them prizes for their efforts. A large thank you to our supporters for the competition series – Stowaway distribution, 4 skateboard co and Sacrifice scooters.

The 2014 F.N.W.A.S.S. competitions list.

Round 1 – 24th January – Rockingham skatepark
Round 2 – 26th January – Bunbury Skatepark
Round 3 – 31st January – Roleystone Skatepark
Round 4 – 15th February – Margaret River skatepark
Round 5 – 16th February – Dunsborough Skatepark
Round 6 – 30th March – Willetton skatepark
Round 7 – 12th April – Wonthella skatepark
Round 8 – 13th April – Kalgoorlie skatepark
Round 9 – 24th April – Golden Bay skatepark
Round 10 – 26th April – High Wycombe skatepark
Round 11 – 13th July – Rocky’s final fest invite only competition (double pointer)
Round 12 – 16th July – Cooloongup skatepark
Round 13 – 5th September – Port Kennedy skatepark
Round 14 – 7th September – Collie skatepark
Round 15 – 9th October – Singleton skatepark
Round 16 – 10th October – Willetton skatepark
Round 17 – 10th October – Kalgoorlie skatepark
Round 18 – 25th October – Kwinana skatepark
Round 19 – 8th November – Nickol West Karratha skatepark
Round 20 – 29th November – Golden Bay skatepark

Dylan Schmidt at round 1 of the 2014 series in Rockingham with a large superman transfer. Dylan has take out 1st place in bmx for the 2014 F.N.W.A.S.S.

BMX – 2014 Freestyle Now Western Australian Skatepark Series top 10
1st Dylan Schmidt
2nd Laurence Bakewell
3rd Regan Lothian
4th Brad South
5th Jesse Brown
6th Jacob DeAbru
7th Matt Vaia
8th Lee Kirkman
8th Mitchell Halse
10th Ty Drummond

Aden Lillas at round 9 Golden Bay competition bar spinning, Aden has taken out the 1st place in the 2014 F.N.W.A.S.S. for scooters

SCOOTER – 2014 Freestyle Now Western Australian Skatepark Series top 10
1st Aden Lillas
2nd Ethan McKenzie
2nd Billy Watts
4th Jiordan Giacoppo
5th Ben Thomas
6th Anarki Hunter
7th Morgan Avery
8th Cullen Webber
9th Jarod Colwell
9th Matty Ceravolo

Chonchoe Lasvendous at the Rocky’s final fest with a hippy jump, he took out the 1^st place in the 2014 F.N.W.A.S.S. in skateboard

SKATE – 2014 Freestyle Now Western Australian Skatepark Series top 8
1st – Chonchoe Lasvendous
2nd – Mason Brown
3rd – Jake Beazley
4th – Shakur Paul-Crump
5th – Nars Walker
6th – Joel Pond
7th – Aden Lillas
8th – Jamie Pratten

Check the final standings in each of the three disciplines via the links to the PDF file.

BMX – 2014 Freestyle Now Western Australian Skatepark Series – Final results

SCOOTER – 2014 Freestyle Now Western Australian Skatepark Series – Final results

SKATEBOARD – 2014 Freestyle Now Western Australian Skatepark Series – Final results

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2014 Mandurah Action Sports Games skateboard competition video

by Freestyle Now on 03. Jan, 2015 in Competitions, Skateboard, Skateparks, Video

In 2014 the Mandurah Action Sports Games hosted some amazing action sports. With the combination wakeboarding, water skiing, FMX, skateboarding, scooters and BMX it is without a doubt a rad weekend. The skateboard competition was nothing but intense with the final 3 place getter being very close in points. It was a rad competition and the skating riding was nothing but insane. Check out the video to see the radness. It is all taking place once again for 2015 so get yourself ready to witness one of Australia’s premier action sports events.

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Freestyle Now skatepark coaching workshop sessions in Karratha

by Freestyle Now on 30. Dec, 2014 in Bmx, Coaching workshops, Competitions, Kim Bloodson, Scooter, Skateboard, Skateparks, Travels

In early November Freestyle Now hosted a series of skatepark coaching workshops sessions and a skatepark competition in and around Karratha, in the northwest of Western Australia. Freestyle Now squad members Kim Bloodson, Mitch Harris and John Manning we in charge of bringing the radness to the locals of Roebourne, Wickham, Dampier, Nickol West and Karratha. It was an awesome trip from all accounts with the 3 squad members really getting in with the locals, interacting with them and assisting them with some great skill sets. We got Kim, Mitch and John to sending a few words about their experience from Karratha.

Kim Bloodson overlooking the town he grew up in and pointing to where he wrestled his last shark.

Kim Bloodson
As I stepped off the plane in Karatha I instantly regretted only owning black clothes, you have to physically push through the wall off heat to get to the terminal, I’m sure we are all going to melt to death. Me Mitch and John are greeted by a lovely lady asking if we are the freestyle guys and we are all like “aaawww yyeeaaahhh” high fives n cool handshakes n stuff. We start doing backflips n flairs n junk in the terminal, you know just being rad guys. We are given a rental car and head into the inferno to find the hotel. I get a private room cause I’m the most freestyle while John n Mitch begin the fight for wifi in their shared room, suckers. First job on this trip is Roebourne. Its new park is the mostest epic goodness I’ve seen in a long time. The locals are super keen to ride our stuff as they have none of their own, so we have a lovely afternoon of hangs and laughs with some pretty wild kids, man it was the best. Driving the 30km back to Karatha we are greeted with a breath taking sunset, it’s so moving we put on a Celine Dion CD and cry like little woman at the majesty of the Pilbara. Dinner at the tavern, yes please, found fifty bucks, good night. Day 2 begins. It’s Wickham today and its only 1000000 degrees so it should be a casual one. Wickham only has a small park but it’s got huge attitude, or raditude. The kids there are amazing cool crew and many tricky tricks where learnt by the whipper snappers, cool tunes and a feast for the masses to boot. Lovely drive home past the prison and back to the air con hotel. Day 3 is at the new Karatha park in town. It’s a nibble fest of goodness and fun fun, the lovely youth workers cook more food for the humans and we just be like the coolest guys around ever, cool handshakes n stuff, so cool. I grew up {hahahaha} in this town so it’s amazing for me to be back here doing what I did here 20 years ago. I’m constantly asking locals about old spots and long lost ramps but they look at me like I’m speaking another language??Generation gap? Day 4 is Dampier. We head out early and scope out the town, it’s so beautiful. We play the Celine Dion CD again and just cry heaps. We then proceeded to do the most manly thing one can do in the Pilbara apart from kicking a football at a V8,,,,WE OPEN OUR FIRST COCNUT. High fives and backflips happen. Dampier park is my most fav, cass vibes on the cuteset little PA and met some awesome crew, best crew up there, so nice seeing these isolated guys skating so hard. Day 5 is comp day in Karatha Nickol West skatepark, huge turnout in the most hotness since hotness was a thing. We melt and yell and laugh and eat and hang and make new friends all day to a banging soundtrack supplied by a DJ. Really was an amazing comp. So with that our trip is at an end but not before we spend the night dancing at the local night club, ouch, good times. I hope I get the chance to do this again next year cause I felt like we really did a good thing up there. I would like to thank Sophie for looking after us so well and all the other old and new friends for being rad….
PS no Celine Dion was actually played on this trip but we did buy a Nelly CD….It’s getting hot in here so Freestyle Now…………. before it’s too late…..bbyyeee blood.xox

John Manning and Mitch Harris with red dog on the way into Dampier.

John Manning
The recent Karatha trip was a really good time, despite the heat, checking out the five parks that we held coaching workshop sessions at during the week was my favourite part of the trip. Roebourne park in particular was a really fun park and had some really interesting features to it. I’d love to go back to that park one day to get a proper ride of it. The kids that participated in the coaching sessions and the comp were all nice kids and fairly well behaved. Overall it was a fun time and all the events we held went smoothly. Thanks to Freestyle Now for the trip!

Clockwise from top left – Bloodson making the Wickham locals stoked – Mitch and a local at Wickham getting some skate skills on – Sun set at Karratha skatepark while J-Love in the white shirt looks on – John helping a Dampier local with some scooter skills.

Mitch Harris
The opportunity to travel to the Pilbara to run coaching workshop sessions and a competition was recently presented to Freestyle Now by the City of Karratha. Bloodson, John and I found ourselves lucky enough to be flying north to run these events. The blast of heat and humidity received while getting off the air-conditioned cabin of the plane was a unique welcome to apart of Australia I’d never had the chance to see before.
After checking in to our accommodation J-Love (John) and I were given a VIP tour of Karratha by Blood, who had grown up here and was interested to see how things had changed and capture some feelings of nostalgia. Highlights of the tour included guided views of roofing of some of Karratha’s commercial and residential properties accompanied by Blood’s catchphrase/future pick-up line: “I did the roof on that”. Blood also pointed out some spots that he used to ride and skate back in the day, “make do with what you have” perfectly labels the curbs, sets and sketchy drains that were around.
Coaching clinics started with Roebourne, definitely one of the most well-constructed and designed parks seen while up there. The heat didn’t seem to deter anyone from having a shot on John’s bike and scooter or my board. Wickham was next and with weather to match the day before it was again surprising to me how enthusiastic most kids were to be out in the unforgiving sun. Savior came in the form of a youth worker whose generous gift of icy-poles provided a cool respite.
Coaching at the Shed was a nice break-up of the week, with a later start time in the cooler part of the day and evening everybody was a lot more energetic and willing to commit. Free sausage sizzle was rad too (too bad for Bloodson who is a vegan). Coaching clinics finished in Dampier which was an excellent place to hang out beforehand. Coconuts, palms and beaches with a cool breeze made me question whether I was really working. With cheap frozen cokes, a decent skatepark, and scenic views this place seemed like paradise. There was a really good turn-out for skaters in Dampier with a good range of skill and age, excellent to see a decent scene in such a remote place.
The trip ended with the competition at Nickol West. In what seemed like weather conditions reserved for the ninth circle of Hell we helped set up and got under way. Free stuff will make a person do crazy things, evidenced by the amount of kids who showed up to ride and skate in the heat. The free water was essential as you seemed to sweat your body weight whether you were moving or not, regardless the day was successful with everybody receiving a prize for their efforts and minimal injuries (except for that guy who burnt himself on his friend’s home-made moped/death-trap, but that had nothing to do with the comp).
In summary, a fantastic trip that all three of us agreed we’d love to do again. Hopefully see you next year Karratha.

Clockwise from top left – John looking over some of the Dampier skatepark – Mitch helping a Dampier local with some ledge skills – The crew, Kim, John and Mitch at the Nickol West comp – Sun set at Dampier skatepark.

To see more photos from the trip check out face book page here.

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Golden Bay skatepark competition – Round 20 Freestyle Now Western Australian Skatepark Series

by Freestyle Now on 29. Dec, 2014 in Bmx, Competitions, Scooter, Skateboard, Skateparks

Round 20 of the Freestyle Now Western Australian Skatepark Series was recently held at the Golden Bay skatepark thanks to the City of Rockingham. This was the final round of the 2014 series with the year end title being announced shortly. This completion was also an intake for the Rocky’s final fest that will be taking place in April 2015. The Rocky’s final fest is an invite only competition that competitors need to place in any of the Rockingham and Kwinana competition to earn invite. There was a great turn out at the competition in all division. A big thank you to our supporters Stowaway distribution, Sacrifice scooters and 4 skateboard Co and to the City of Rockingham.

Golden Bay skatepark competition – 29^th November 2014 – Round 20 Freestyle Now Western Australian Skatepark Series – Official results

Girls – 1st Shani Garrod

Scooter beginners – 1^st Kie Underdown, 2^nd Conner Atkinson, 3^rd Taylor Webb, 4^th Daniel Gemmell, 5^th Chris Kelly, 6^th Shandon Ransfield, 7^th Josh Woodall, 7^th Kyle Carey, 9^th Ben Galbis, 10^th Daniel Marsella, 11^th Daniel Gionta, 12^th Conner Carey, 13^th Talyn Galic, 14^th Brayden McGlenchy, 15^th Kalen Kazakoff, 16^th Jay Lawler, 17^th Arlen Manson, 18^th Jacob Bolch, 19^th Ethan Lillas, 20^th Sam Higgs, 21^st Harry Wooton, 22^nd Jon Kelly, 23^rd Riley Jones, 24^th Brodie Donno, 25^th Jamie Gaebler, 26^th Corey Hacking, 27^th Callum McGlenchy, 28^th Seth Jorgensen.

Scooter advanced – 1^st Liam Collins, 2^nd Morgan Avery, 3^rd Levi Mills, 4^th Calymn Brandt, 5^th Aden Lillas, 6^th Ethan MacKenzie, 7^th Jayden Denehy, 8^th Dolton Hey, 9^th Brendan Latta, 10^th Robert Stevens.

Skateboard beginners – 1^st Brodee Stevenson, 2^nd Kaiden Barron, 3^rd Chevy Carmody, 4^th Sav Carmody, 5^th Phin Carmody, 6^th Banjo Stevenson, 7^th Ethan MacKenzie, 8^th Sam McGoven, 9^th Aden Lillas, 10^th Kie Underdown.

Skateboard advanced – 1^st Nars Walker, 2^nd Ryan Tuke, 3^rd Luke Quinn, 4^th Jake Beazley.

Bmx beginners – 1^st Jayden Trethowen, 2^nd Jesse Whitehead, 3^rd Jack Carwardine, 4^th Ty Rodgers, 5^th Jesse Nelson, 6^th Devon Baohm, 7^th Ethan MacKenzie, 8^th Chris Ogden, 9^th Ethan Lillas.

Bmx advanced – 1^st Laurence Bakewell, 2^nd Dylan Schmidt, 3^rd Brad South, 4^th Regan Lothian, 5^th Aden Lillas.

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Nichol West skatepark competition – Round 19 Freestyle Now Western Australian Skatepark Series

by Freestyle Now on 29. Dec, 2014 in Bmx, Competitions, Scooter, Skateboard, Skateparks

Round 19 of the Freestyle Now Western Australian Skatepark Series was recently held at the Nichol West skatepark in Karratha thanks to the City of Karratha. Freestyle Now squad members Kim Bloodson, Mitch Harris and John Manning spent 6 days in Karratha hosting a series of skatepark coaching workshop session at the skateparks within the City of Karratha. We will be posting up some of their experiences soon. Karratha has 5 skateparks and on this occasion the Nickol West skatepark was the location to host the competition. The City of Karratha is looking at making this competition an annual event. The locals of the area as well as the staff at the City of Karratha were all super stoked with the skatepark competition and skatepark coaching workshops. A big shout out to the City of Karratha youth workers for organizing Freestyle Now to be up in Karratha to engage with the youth and throw down a rad competition as well as to our supporters Stowaway distribution, Sacrifice scooters and 4 skateboard Co.

Clockwise from top left – Nixon Osborne is a rad skater and rips it hard – The crew – Scooter radness went down at the Nichol West comp – Bailey King get his T-bog-on

Karratha skatepark competition – 8^th November 2014 – Round 19 Freestyle Now Western Australian Skatepark Series – Official results

Girls – 1st Dakota Oniszk

Scooter beginners – 1^st Jarrod Renton, 2^nd Dion McKenney, 3^rd Dakota Healey, 4^th Fionn Neeson 5^th Lee Poyner, 6^th Lachlan Power, 7^th Zac Howie, 8^th Jake Butler, 9^th Seth Coles, 10^th Bailey Singleton, 11^th Lochlen Tietze-Bentley.

Scooter Advanced – 1^st Dylan Van Padua, 2^nd Shea Armstrong, 3^rd Caan Lainson, 4^th Elijah Lyon, 5^th Alex Daiziell, 6^th Sash Hospital, 7^th Brodie DeWacht, 8^th Regan Kemp.

Skateboard beginners – 1^st Kyffan Gibbs, 2^nd Ben Hongell, 3^rd Harry Eykyn, 4^th Cade Henry, 5^th Ruben McCawley, 6^th Liam Eykyn.

Skateboard Advanced – 1^st Nixon Osborne, 2^nd Jared DeWacht.

Bmx beginners – 1^st Damen Sloss, 2^nd Bailey King, 3^rd Sash Hospital, 4^th Jarrod D, 5^th Elijah.

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